National Republican., 1887-11-21

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Tabernacle this morning by giving out the
hymn beginning:
''Should coming days be cold and dark.
We need not cease our singing
That perfeOt rest nauRht can mOlest,
Where golden harps are ringing
He then explained a passage in the Gospel OF
81. Matthew, concerning the inferior kind OF
salt that was cast out to make walks OF, to be
trodden under foot OF men. The subject OF DR.. |
Talmnge'a discourse was: "The Gospel OF
Health" and his text from Proverbs VII, %: |
IT'LL dart strike through his liver" He sald' |
There is a fashion In sermonics. A compar-
ativeIy small part Of the Bible is called on for |
texts. Most OF the passages Of Scripture, when |
announced at the opening Of sermons, imme-
diately divide themselves into old discussions |
that we have heard from boyhood, and the |
effect on us is soporihc. The auditor guesses at
he stsrt Snsv wn .ne preaSne, any w vorss:
that have never been preached from. Much OF
my lifetime am deyoting to unlocking these
sSoa hs Ssae Spn Snd preSes bo
heart and sing about the heart, but II you refer
to the physical organ that we call the heart Y
health or disease, moral cxaliation or spiritual
depression as the organ TO the consideration of
which Solomon calls us In the text. when he
describes sin progressing TIL dart sirike
soiomon's anatomical and physiological dis
covefies were so very great that he was nearly
three thousand years ahead of the scientists OF
his day. He more than one thousand years be-
fore Christ, seemed to know about the circula-
tion OF the blood, which Harvey discovered six
Il en- hundred and nineteen years after Christ,
for when Solomon in Eccleeastes, describing
the human body speaks OF the pitcher AT the
fountain, he evidently means the three canals
leading from the heart that receive the blood
like pitchers. When he speaks In Eoelesiastes
of the silver cord of life, he evidently means
nnpfnIe NIaNn and Caruputpr. and DallDn. and
Flint, and Brown-Seqnard have eexperimented.
And Soloman recorded in the Bible thousands
of years before scientists discovered IT, that In
his time the spinal cord relaxed in old age,
producing the tremors Of hand and head: "or
the silver cord be loosed." .",
In the text he reveals the fact that he mad
studied that largest gland Of the human sys.
| TEN, the liver, not by the electric light of
| the modern dissecting room, but by the dim
| light OF comparatively dark age, and yet had
seen It's important function in the God.built
| castle of the human body, lis selecting and
secretipg power, its curious cells, It's elongated,
| central, and right, and left lobe, and the hep
attic artery through which God conducts the
crimson tides. on, this vital organ Is like the
| eye of God, In that IL never sleeps. solomon
| knew of 1t, and had noticed either In vivsec.
ton or post mortem what awful attacks sin and
dissipation make upon Il, until with the fiat of
| Almighty God 1t bids the body and soul sepa-
rate and the one II commands to the grave,
and the other 1t sends to Judgment. jayelin
Of retribution, not glancing OIL or making a
|
"till the dart strike through the liyer.n Galen
and HippocIates ascribe to the liver the most
ofthe worlds moral Sepresssion, s and the word
preach 10 YOU this morning the Gospel Of
health. In taking diagnosis of the diseases of
me sGa Su m %pSt Ss dSS ke II 10 81
this, one whole book Of the New Testament
was written by a physician. Luke was doc
and and Il he of %s0s good S snf
medication of the wounds by pouring In oil
and wine. and recognizes hunger as hind
Sere and records S the diet
OF the prodigal away from home, and the ex-
tipguished eyesight of the beggar by the way.
the wounds of the dying Christ, and the
miraculous post mortem resnsoitation. And And
any estimate Of the spiritual condition that
does not include also an estimate Of yIh.s the
the doorieeper. Of : Congress- fell dead
excessive S because sns had
Fifth Of spain dropped dead at the news of hi
country's defeat In battle, and Cardinal VOL
sey expired as result OF Henry the Eighth!
and soul are SiameBe twins, and when yoi
thrill the one with Joy Or sorrow you thrill th'
other. We might as well recognize the % tre
: fortresscs in the human body, tho heart and
; the liver; the heart the fortress of all tho
You may have the head filled W ID AL the in
tellectualities, and the ear VITA all musicu
, appreciation, and The mouth with all elo
, the heart with all geneiosities and yet "a dar
: | strike through the liver"
First, let Christian people nvold the misak
that they are all wrong with Cod because the
9 suffer fiom depression of spirits. Many con
y secrated man has fnund his spiritual sky be
l. fogged and his hope OF heaven blo,ted out ant
Q himself plunged chin deep In the slough Q
s despond, and has said. "My heart Is not righ
, with God, and l think must have made a mi
y take, and, instead OF being a child Of light
!. | am child of darkness No one can feel Il
= gloomy as l feel AID be Christian" And h
has gone TO his minister for consOat lon, y an
: he has collected Flayel's books aud Cecil
It books and Bakers books, and read and rea
Q and read, ard prayed and prayed and prayed
!. and groensd aud croaued. Ms .brother, yon
L trouble is not with the heart. II Is gastri
disorder or rebellion of the liver. You nee'
a aphysieian more than you do clergyman
% It is not sinthat biots out your hope OF HEAVIER
but, bile II not only yellows your eyeba
n and furs your tongue, and makes your hea
ana forebodnes. The devil is after you. L
4 has failed to despoil your character aud h
n does the next best thing for him-he rutilt
@ your peace OF mind. When he says that 20
q are not forGiyen soul, when he SAYS tn!
I. that you will never get to heaven, he lie
Is You are Just as sure of heaven as thoug
S; you were there already. But Satan findir
and @ o of Ganaan has sd @ III that esf
a. spies shall not bring you any of the Esch
" grapes beforehand and that you shall hay M
,t are just as good now under the cloud as ye
Il, were when you were accustomed to rise 4. in 4 4
p"%f "sR % St bons s9'f e yd rnS Rev. n d. b dsel
now So wrote e. book entitled Man Moral is az
r Physical in which he shows hsS, how dihere
n pie. He says "After the great battle on Il
E. Minclo in 1850 between the, French and sa
asns on on ne he oser side So and dass Se At
al the latter, the defeated army retreated, %
!, lowed BY the yictors. 4 description Of 4
l. spondents Of the London Times, one Of who
!; with the defeated. The difference in vie,
ID events, ls remarkable. The former are said
> be marching through a beautiful and luxui
n ant country during the day, and at night Q
ssa ssahdsnes snes of h ths best pproSisons al
ly all sorts of rural dainties. The
IS nothing of =. var, war about - he H pr pr
on the side OF the poor Austrlans II is Just h
reverse. In his letter of the same date, desert
ing the same places aud march over Z
TO set forth the suffering, impatience, and
lg gust existing around him. What was pleasa
If. 10 the former was intolerable to the lattt
lie What made all this difference asks the ,jou
l2; palist. One condition only: The French a
victorious, the Austrians have been deieate
= The contrast may convey distinctive idea
)3; the extent to which moral impressions aifS
Ij; the efficiency of the soldier"
n, go, my dear brother, the road you are trn
cling is the road you have been travelling
@, long while, but the difference in YOUR phys
10; cal conditions makes It look different, an
on; therefore, the two reports you have given
No; yourself are as widely different as the repol
~ In the London Times from the two corr
.e- spondents. Edward Payson, sometimes so
m up on the mount that II seemed rs II the ce
hit tripetal force of earth could no longer he
IN, MN, sometimes through pnSslcal uisotu
0O was so far down that II seemed Ms II I
ng neither world would clutch him, Gloro
ar William Cowper was as good as good could
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